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Lebanon: Ethiopian “jumps” from 8th floor in Beirut

July 27th, 2010

Housemaids Lebanon Suicide

Yesterday, the Lebanese National News Agency reported that an Ethiopian migrant worker “committed suicide by throwing herself from the 8th floor”. Her body and scull were smashed as a result of the more than 30 meter fall.
Assafir newspaper reported the news today as is. While Al-AKhbar …

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Two Domestic Workers Commit Suicide in Jordan

July 26th, 2010

Housemaids Jordan Suicide

In two separate incidents, two Sri-Lankan maids attempted suicide in As-Salt, Jordan, according to local press reports. Another domestic worker “harmed” herself in the Balqa governorate after her employers refused to let her return to her country. Very few details were reported about eit...

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UAE: Thousands of Laborers Left to Fend for Themselves

July 23rd, 2010

UAE Workers

As the global financial crisis hit UAE derailing its real-estate boom, several construction companies that employ foreign workers went bankrupt. As a result, many times the workers are deserted in their over-populated labor camps that are cut off from basic utilities, without any money and the abili...

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Racism against Migrants is the Norm in Oman

July 17th, 2010

Oman Racism

No where in the world racism is still openly embraced like it is in the Gulf of Persia (did I say Persia?), well, other than Israel. The most amazing part about the way people deal with their racism here is that they have no idea it is racism in the first place! In a very enlightening debate I had w...

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Lebanese Center for Human Rights appeals for the release of Young Indian at Risk of Death

July 15th, 2010

Lebanon Prison Workers

Today, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (LCHR) issued an urgent appeal calling for the release of Sany Kumar, a young Indian held in Roumieh for illegal entry in Lebanon. Sany is in danger of death. According to the LCHR, “having had a scooter accident, he was hospitalized two months ago,...

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Caught on Video: Swimming pool denies entry to migrant domestic worker in Lebanon

July 13th, 2010

Housemaids Lebanon Racism

In Lebanon, the newly formed Anti Racism Movement, part of the League of Independent Activists IndyACT, organized a direct action this weekend to highlight racism in Lebanese society towards migrant domestic workers and people of color in general. Below is the video of Anti Racism Movement activists...

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Lebanon: Nepalese maid dies. Strangulated?

July 6th, 2010

Housemaids Lebanon

Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported today that a Nepalese migrant domestic workers, Shanta Baribar (or Paripar) was found dead, hanging from an electrical wire (or strangulated with an electrical wire; the word used by Al-Akbar can mean hanging or strangulated) in Ballouneh inside the house of Jos...

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‘No force in modern life is as omnipresent yet overlooked’: New York Times article on global migration

June 30th, 2010

General Workers

The New York Times ran this piece on on global migration on Monday which may be of interest to M-R.org readers, ‘Global Migration: A World Ever More on the Move’. Migration is perhaps the most ‘overlooked’ phenomenon of modern times, argues Jason DeParle. Nevertheless, stor...

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Middle Eastern Countries Score Poorly in US Report on Human Trafficking

June 29th, 2010

Bahrain Israel Kuwait News Trafficking

Middle Eastern countries have fared poorly in the US State Department’s latest report on human trafficking, released last week. (M-R.org and Mideast Youth Readers may be interested to know that this is the first year that the US itself has been assessed for the report. Its scores were high bu...

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